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Terrestrial Hydrosphere Data Access and Tools

NASA data examine many characteristics of the liquid and frozen water and the dynamic processes they are part of across Earth’s landscape. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.

Terrestrial Hydrosphere Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
ABoVE: Environmental Conditions and Subsistence Resource Access, Alaska, 2016-2017 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, CAMERA 2016-02-15 to 2017-06-22

N: 67.0834 S: 61.7 E: -141.267 W: -160.72

CSV
ABoVE: Environmental Conditions During Fall Moose Hunting Seasons, Alaska, 2000-2016 1 GROUND STATIONS, Terra, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, Aqua WATER LEVEL GAUGES, MODIS, THERMOMETERS 2000-01-01 to 2016-12-31

N: 64.9322 S: 64.5525 E: -156.665 W: -158.533

CSV
ABoVE: Fractional Open Water Cover for Pan-Arctic and ABoVE-Domain Regions, 2002-2015 1 AQUA, GCOM-W1, Terra AMSR-E, MODIS, AMSR2 2002-06-20 to 2015-12-31

N: 90 S: 39.383 E: 180 W: -180

GeoTIFF
ABoVE: High Resolution Cloud-Free Snow Cover Extent and Snow Depth, Alaska, 2001-2017 1 Terra, Aqua MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2017-12-30

N: 71.4215 S: 55.5667 E: -132.576 W: -179.18

netCDF-4 classic
ABoVE: Historical Lake Shorelines and Areas near Fairbanks, Alaska from 1949-2009 1 SPOT-1, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS HRVIR, CAMERA 1949-01-01 to 2009-12-31

N: 64.96 S: 64.8282 E: -147.66 W: -147.98

Shapefile
ABoVE: Ice Fraction of Small Water Bodies in the Arctic Coastal Plain, 2017-2023 1 Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B SENTINEL-1 C-SAR, Sentinel-2 MSI 2017-01-05 to 2023-12-28

N: 71.356 S: 68.8998 E: -140.188 W: -164.431

COG
ABoVE: Lake and Pond Extents in Alaskan Boreal and Tundra Subregions, 2019-2021 1 PlanetScope PlanetScope 2019-05-19 to 2021-09-28

N: 67.2081 S: 60.7642 E: -143.836 W: -164.402

Shapefile
ABoVE: Lake and Wetland Classification from L-band SAR, Alaska and Canada, 2017-2019 1 FIELD SURVEYS, UAV CAMERA, UAVSAR 2017-01-01 to 2019-09-19

N: 67.909 S: 53.707 E: -107.864 W: -149.165

multiple
ABoVE: Lake Growing Season Green Surface Reflectance Trends, AK and Canada, 1984-2019 1 LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8 TM, ETM+, OLI 1984-07-01 to 2019-09-01

N: 74.9995 S: 49.545 E: -81.2261 W: -168.103

Text File
ABoVE: Lakes and Ponds Weekly Occurrence, 2016 - 2023 1 Sentinel-2A Sentinel-2 MSI 2016-05-06 to 2023-10-14

N: 71.3907 S: 59.4374 E: -128.725 W: -166.194

multiple
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Terrestrial Hydrosphere Data Tools

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Tool Description Services
VEDA NASA's Visualization, Exploration, and Data Analysis (VEDA) project is an open-source science cyberinfrastructure for data processing, visualization, exploration, and geographic information systems (GIS) capabilities. Access, Analysis, Processing, Visualization, Geoprocessing
WISP The Water Information from Space (WISP) is an interactive dashboard for displaying satellite hydrology data. Monitoring Natural Events, Visualization
Worldview Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events
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